cnn's george howl how well is on the seen with us and byron sage and because the suspect allegedly holds extremist views, george, you're on the ground there. what's the latest? >> reporter: well, anderson, first and foremost, the welfare of this 6-year-old boy. investigators came out to announce that they don't believe that he has been hurt or harmed in anyway. that is very good news. they say the negotiations with jimmy dikes are still on going. we learned some interesting stuff. anderson. >> yeah, with the charge, not in court today and this bunker has been there going on day two and three. so as the negotiator you talk about trying to build repore. how do you do that with someone that neighbors say is paranoid. where he allegedly shot at somebody. >> the negotiators need to recognize that but set it aside that you can't let that, you can't be predisposed to put a character to this individual and let it manifest itself through dialogue. if he has these kind of issues paranoia and so forth, he has a story. obviously he would until have initiated this action and taken the course of actio